France to Strengthen Video Surveillance System
rance will triple its number of video surveillance cameras by 2009, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Friday, adding the measure was necessary to fight terrorism and street crime.
From Reuters, October 18, 2007
US Court Upholds FCC Order Easing Broadband Rules
The FCC voted in 2005 to treat high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband as an "information service," which insulated it from many traditional telephone rules like requirements to lease network access to competitors at regulated rates.
From Reuters, October 17, 2007
Bowling Green (KY) Launches Public Safety Wi-Fi
"Our priority today is with public safety and serving city functions, and public access is down the road," said Bowling Green CIO Lynn Hartley.
From ComputerWorld, October 15, 2007
U.S. Mapping Bill Would Eliminate Zip Code Metric
Rep. Ed Markey's (D-Mass.) bill moves forward with a bipartisan understanding that the FCC's methods have been flawed.
From Broadband Reports, October 13, 2007
WiMax's Bright Future and Five Hurdles
A potentially serious factor could be what impact the recent resignation of Gary Foresee as Sprint's chairman and CEO will have on the Xohm division.
From ComputerWorld, October 13, 2007
Wireless Contact Calls for Savvy Strategy
There are three elements to mobile government, one that provides access to its services and interacts with its citizens by mobile devices or wireless access
From InterGovWorld.com, October 12, 2007
MetroFi Says Wireless Network Will Expand
The company that administers Portland's free wireless Internet system said a miscommunication with the city may have led to reports that it will no longer expand the network.
From Portland Business Journal, October 12, 2007
Honolulu Chinatown Provides Free Municipal Wi-Fi
The Chinatown Project is part of the mayor's Chinatown economic revitalization project and is the result of a private/public partnership with locally based company Kokua Wireless.
From News Release, October 11, 2007
Cable to Wi-Fi in Billings, Montana
Residents in Billings Montana are testing a municipal wireless hotspot that links Wi-Fi to an existing cable network.
From InformationWeek, October 11, 2007
Inquirer: Philadelphia's investment in Wi-Fi Looks Smart
Construction of the city's municipal wireless network is moving along well. The Wireless Philadelphia agency reports that the Internet signal now reaches about half of the city's 135 square miles and that the project is on track for completion by year's end.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2007
